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Mandera court releases on bond Tanzanian caught sneaking into Somalia
Tanzanian national Rashid Rashid Mkumba in a Mandera court on January 9, 2017. He denied illegally attempting to cross into Somalia and was released on a Sh500,000 bond. PHOTO | MANASE OTSIALO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Mkumba said he arrived in Mandera on December 28, 2016 from Nairobi and was looking for a friend only identified as Musa.
- He said he knew Musa as they once sold mobile phones together in Mwanza.
- He was released on a Sh500,000 bond with a surety ofthe same amount after denying the charge.
- Mandera Senior Resident Magistrate Peter Areri set the hearing of the case for January 11.
A Tanzanian national who was arrested while trying to enter Somalia through an illegal immigration point in Mandera Town has been released on a Sh500,000 bond with a surety of the same amount after denying the charge.
Rashid Rashid Mkumba was charged that on December 28, 2016 at Najma in Mandera Town, he was found unlawfully attempting to exit Kenya into Somalia through an illegal point.
